Adult Music Ministry
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The adult music ministry provides many options for adults to be integrally involved in leading and facilitating worship at South Main. Adult music ministry members take advantage of opportunities such as Sanctuary Choir, vocal ensembles Agape (women's) and One Accord (men's), the Adult Handbell Choir, South Main Brass, and our organs as they sharpen their skills and use their gifts to the glory of God. The congregation at large is a very important part of this ministry through the hearty singing of great hymns and gospel songs each Sunday.

Sanctuary Choir

Sanctuary Choir members prepare to sing the National Anthem
at Minute Maid Park

Our Sanctuary Choir leads us in worship each week, supporting our congregational singing. Our choir has a long history of excellence; for example, in 2003, we performed Mendelssohn's Elijah for the sixth time in our church’s history. The choir regularly performs major works and concerts in addition to their Sunday morning duties (King David, Randall Thompson’s Testament of Freedom and Peaceable Kingdom, Handel’s Messiah; the Requiems of Brahms, John Rutter, and Gabriel Faure, among other works). The choir presents a Christmas concert each Advent season called Christmas Candlelight Celebration. Tour groups taken from the choir have toured the northwest U.S., Canada, and the U.K. in recent years.  In the summer of 2006, the choir presented Arthur Honegger's King David.

If you are interested in joining the Sanctuary Choir, please contact Thomas Coker (tcoker@smbc.org). The choir rehearses from 7:30-9:00 on Wednesday nights.

Adult Handbells
The South Main Bronze is made up of talented ringers who perform periodically in morning worship and on other occasions. Daryl Robinson serves as director of the choir. The Adult Handbell Choir rehearses on Wednesday nights at 6:30 p.m.

Instrumental
Our South Main Brass instrumental group plays for selected worship services and special programs throughout the year. The South Main Brass is open to players with medium to high proficiency.

The South Main Brass meets on Wednesday nights for rehearsal from 5:40 - 6:20 p.m. If you are interested in being a part of this instrumental group, please contact Thomas Coker (tcoker@smbc.org).

 Vocal Ensembles
One Accord is made up of six talented men and their accompanist, who are active both in the church and in the community. Stephen Bedford leads them as director.

Agape is made up of ten women chosen from the Sanctuary Choir and their accompanist. These women are active in worship and in the community at large.

Both ensembles rehearse on Wednesdays and are chosen by personal invitation.

Bach to Broadway
Over the past twenty-one years, South Main has presented a number of musical performances. Last summer South Main presented Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine's Into the Woods on August 6, 7, & 8. (pictures) Previous Bach to Broadway productions have been full-length Broadway musicals including: The King & I (2008), The Music Man (2007), The Sound of Music (2005), Man of La Mancha (2004), Hello, Dolly! (2003), and Fiddler on the Roof (2002). For more information, contact Minister of Music, Thomas Coker at 713-529-4167 x130 or tcoker@smbc.org.

SMILE Chorale
The SMILE Chorale is made up of ladies who are students in the SMILE program (South Main's International Learning Experience). They rehearse at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesdays from September to May.